Please visit https://fashabooks.com/aff/fashabooks/1523 to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The New Countess Author: Fay Weldon Narrator: Katherine Kellgren Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins Language: English Release date: 12-17-13 Publisher: Macmillan Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 64 votes Genres: Fiction, Historical Publisher's Summary: From the award-winning novelist and writer of Upstairs Downstairs, the third book in a brilliant trilogy about what life was really like for masters and servants before the world of Downton Abbey. England, 1903. Lord Robert and Lady Isobel Dilberne and the entire grand estate, with its hundred rooms, is busy planning for a visit from Edward VII and Queen Alexandra just a few months a way. Preparations are elaborate and exhaustive: the menus and fashions must be just so, and so must James, the new heir and son of Arthur Dilberne and Chicago heiress, Minnie O'Brien. But there are problems. Little James is being reared to Lady Isobel's tastes, not Minnie's. And Mrs. O'Brien is visiting from America and causing trouble. Meanwhile, the Dilbernes' niece, Adela is back and stirring up hysteria in the servants hall by claiming the house is cursed. The royal visit is imperiled, but so are the Dilberne finances once more. His Lordship is under tremendous stress, and the pecking order will soon be upset as everything at Dilberne Court changes. The New Countess is the final novel in Fay Weldon's exciting trilogy that began with Habits of the House and Long Live the King. The best-selling novelist and award-winning writer of the pilot episode of the original Upstairs Downstairs lifts the curtain on British society, upstairs and downstairs, under one roof. Critic Reviews: "Narrator Katherine Kellgren shines in this third book of a trilogy that is perfect for fans of 'Downton Abbey.' The cast of characters spans social classes and countries, and Kellgren is consistently spot-on with her accents and voices. More than simply differentiating between voices, Kellgren fullys inhabits the multitude of characters, infusing them with such emotions as to make crystal clear their hopes, dreams, and ambitions." (AudioFile)
